Rail-support.



T. E. VAUGHN.

RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 9, 1908.

961,917, Patented June 21.19-10.-

THOMAS E. VAUGHN, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.'

RAIL-surreal'.

Specilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 21, 1910.

Application filed April 9, 1908. Serial No. 426,027.,

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, THOMAS E. VAUGHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful' Improvement in Rail-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in rail supports.

The' objectof my invention is to provide a new rail'` support for railroadrails to be used in cooperation with railroad ties. I.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the rail and end View of the tie with parts of my device shown in dotted lines; Fig. 2, is a section on line 2'-2`of Fig. 1; F ig.3, is a plan view of the plate in process ofl being formed.

Like parts are indicated bythe 'same l/etter in all the figures.

A is the tie and B the rail.

C is the body of a plate which has on both sides wings D, D extending a considerable distance beyond the flange of the rail. In other words, the plate is nearly twice as long as the width of the fiange of the rail.

E, E are lips at the corners ofthe plate formed by slitting the plate at the points F, F. The plate in its market form has each of these lips turned up as indicated at G and when it is applied to the rail they are hammered down'onto the fiange of the rail as indicated at J. The wings of the plate may be perforated at K, K for the lag screws L, L but this is not the preferred form."

The preferred form .of the device is that in which the plate has vstruck into its lower middle portion the rectangular depression* M to receive the rectangular head N of the bolt O which passes through a hole in the tie and is provided with the nut P and washer R beneath the tie. Theholes K, K and lag screws L may be used without the central securing means or in conjunction therewith, or the ma be entirely dispensed with. Ties o wood7 or any other suitable material may be used.

The use and operation of my invention will be readily understood. The plate extends for a considerable distance beyond the flange of the rail over the surface of the tie. It is preferablyl secured in position ,by its depressed central rectangular portion which lies in a rectangular. recess in the to of the ltie. This arrangement minimizes t e tend beingv placed in the ground immediately rusts so that the parts are locked permanently in position. The rail lies between the upwardly projecting lips, and these li )s are then bent out in the position indicate at J where they make a sufficiently tight t to hold the parts in position and prevent material lateral movement of the rail but' permit longitudinal movement of the rail. My invention applied serves as a rail holder, a tie plate -and atie preserver. beneaththerail a surface considerably ex.a tended along the length of the rail to act as a tie preserver. Since the tie would be prepared in advance, the holes being careully made and spaced, the device would operate also as a track liner and gager. The material used is preferably basic open hearth flange steel. The plate is extended beyond the rail flange in both directions so as to present a very wide bearing surface on the tie at a point beyond the edge of the ange so as to prevent or minimize the tendency of the'plate to embed or bury itself in the tie. It is in effect a lateral extension of the It presentsflange to resist the tendency of the rail to tilt or tip. With such an arrangement ties may be more widely spaced than at present, thus reducing the number and cost of ties. Plain fish plates could also be used to; make the end connection, anglebars being dispensed with.

I claim:

1 .1. As a new article of manufacture, a rail support com rising a metal plate considerably longertlian the width of the rail fiange and extending laterally beyond the same,

provided with lips, spaced by a distance approxlmately equal to the width of'the viange of the rail, upwardly extendin, betweel which the rail canibe' inserted farom above when the plate is in its final position, andadapted to be forced down onto said flange to hold the rail in position, a central depression in the plate under the rail to take into a corresponding recess in the tie, anda bolt beneath the rall with a head lying in Asuch depression. and secured at its other end tothe tie.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a rail support comprising a metal plate considerably longer than the width of the rail flange and extending laterally beyond the same, provided on each side of the rail with two or more lips, spaced by a distance approximately equal to the width of the flange of the rail, upwardly eXtendinsr, between which the rail can be inserted from above when the plate is in its nal position, and adapted to be forced clown onto said flange to hold beneath the rail, with a head lying in such 15 depression and secured atits other end' to the tie.

THOMAS E. VAUGHN.

Witnesses:

. EDNA K. REYNOLDS,

SOPHIE B. WERNER. 

